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Women were at the heart of protests, demanding and protesting for a better political life. [28] Then in 2014, women represented more than one quarter of the participants in the National Dialogue Conference (NDC). [29] Through that, women of Yemen achieved important agreements, including the 30% quota for women's political participation. [28]
The United Nations alleged that the Saudi-led coalition had violated international humanitarian law [7] because the bombing was a 'double tap' attack, or a type of airstrike where the first bombing is followed by a second one soon after, with the aim of targeting the wounded, aid workers, and medical personnel tending to them. The UN report ...
Human rights in Yemen are seen as problematic. The security forces have been responsible for torture, inhumane treatment and even extrajudicial executions. [1] In recent years there has been some improvement, with the government signing several international human rights treaties, and even appointing a woman, Dr. Wahiba Fara’a, to the role of Minister of the State of Human Rights.
Between 2000 and 2004 Al-Mutawakel worked for the National Commission for Women in Yemen, where she was responsible for public relations and women's participation in political processes. [8] In 2004 she began working on Yemeni human rights, initially with the Organisation for the Defence of Rights and Freedoms. [9]
BBC 100 Women Maeen Al-Obaidi ( Arabic : معين العبيدي ) is a Yemeni lawyer, who acts as a mediator in the city of Taiz in the context of the Yemeni civil war . She was honored as one of the BBC 100 Women in 2022.
In Yemen, abortions are only “permitted to save the life of a pregnant woman”, making it one of the strictest abortion laws in the Middle East and the world. [1] Abortion is not widely accepted in Yemeni society. [2] However, because of the recent conflict in Yemen, rape, honor killings, and unsafe abortions have increased in Yemen. [2]
The Dhamar Airstrike took place on 1 September 2019 [3] when Saudi led military coalition aircraft targeted a college building in Dhamar, Yemen that was used as a detention facility by the Houthis. [1] According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen, the airstrike killed dozens of detainees. [4]
Amatalrauf "Raufa Hassan" al-Sharki (Arabic: رؤوفة حسن; 1958 – April 27, 2011) was an educator, feminist [1] and human rights activist from Yemen.She was a professor of mass media and the director of a Women's Studies Center at the University of Sana'a. [2]